README.md

Flickr Export Organizer

This script will organize the files exported from the Flickr service in folders, trying to extract tags and other meta data.

Motivation

According to a recent announcement from Flickr, the users with the free account will lose most of their photos if they don't update to a paid plan. Thankfully Flickr is providing a way to export all of your photos and videos together with some meta data including useful things such as tags and albums. So we decided to write a small script which purpose is sorting the files by folders and extracting that meta data in a format, which can be later recognized by our open source file management software TagSpaces. The script iterates through all the media files in the export folder and copies the found files in folders. If file is part of album, a folder with the album's name is create and the file is copied there. If this is not the case the script create a folder, which name corresponds to the date when the image was taken, and copies it there.

Prerequirements

Node.js - you will need a running Node.js environment, which can be easily achieved on Windows, macOS or Linux by just installing Node.js from https://nodejs.org/en/#download

Your Flickr Data - You have to request and download your Flickr data, as shown in following screenshot.

Managing your files with TagSpaces

After the files are organized, you can create a new location in TagSpaces pointing to the flickrExport folder and open it. Now you will be able to navigate your photos in TagSpaces by albums and see the tags you gave to your media files.

Your don't need of course TagSpaces for just browsing your photos by folders, but if you have spend some time organizing your photos with tags, descriptions and comments, TagSpaces might be helpful.